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Dashiell Hammett quotes: I once knew a man who stole a Ferris Wheel... I once knew a man who stole a Ferris Wheel...
Dashiell Hammett quotes: I just tell you what happens. I don't explain it. I just tell you what happens. I don't explain it.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: Another man whose social life has ruined him. Another man whose social life has ruined him.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: You don't pay a prostitute for sex, you pay her to leave afterwards. You don't pay a prostitute for sex, you pay her to leave afterwards.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: You got to look on the bright side, even if there ain't one. You got to look on the bright side, even if there ain't one.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: Strictly speaking, there are no real substitutes for sexual satisfaction. Strictly speaking, there are no real substitutes for sexual satisfaction.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: Listen, Dundy, it's been a long time since I burst into tears because a policeman didn't like me. Listen, Dundy, it's been a long time since I burst into tears because a policeman didn't like me.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: He looked rather pleasantly, like a blonde satan. He looked rather pleasantly, like a blonde satan.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: Thanks for the information about what we call business. Thanks for the information about what we call business.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: It's awfully easy to be in love in jail. It's awfully easy to be in love in jail.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: I haven't laughed so much over anything since the hogs ate my kid brother. I haven't laughed so much over anything since the hogs ate my kid brother.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready.Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter? Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready.
Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?
Dashiell Hammett quotes: It was a good trick, only it didn't work. In It was a good trick, only it didn't work. In
Dashiell Hammett quotes: Dorothy asked timidly: "Did his wife say anything?"She sent her love to you."Nora said: "Stop being nasty. Dorothy asked timidly: "Did his wife say anything?
"She sent her love to you."
Nora said: "Stop being nasty.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: To swipe the immortal lines uttered by Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, a great mystery should take the lid off life and let [you] look at the works. To swipe the immortal lines uttered by Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, a great mystery should take the lid off life and let [you] look at the works.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: She grinned at me. 'You got types?''Only you darling - lanky brunettes with wicked jaws. She grinned at me. 'You got types?'
'Only you darling - lanky brunettes with wicked jaws.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two. The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: He's the guy that the joke was wrote about: 'Is he a criminal lawyer?' 'Yes, very. He's the guy that the joke was wrote about: 'Is he a criminal lawyer?' 'Yes, very.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: The roof might fall in; anything could happen. The roof might fall in; anything could happen.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of. I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: I guess I can put two and two together.""Sometimes the answer's four," I said, "and sometimes it's twenty-two ... I guess I can put two and two together."
"Sometimes the answer's four," I said, "and sometimes it's twenty-two ...
Dashiell Hammett quotes: Play with murder enough and it gets you one of two ways. It makes you sick, or you get to like it.page 155 Play with murder enough and it gets you one of two ways. It makes you sick, or you get to like it.
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Dashiell Hammett quotes: He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him see the works. He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him see the works.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: I deserve all the love you can spare me. And I want a lot more than I deserve. I deserve all the love you can spare me. And I want a lot more than I deserve.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: What do people think about my staying with Harrison with him chasing everything that's hot and hollow? What do people think about my staying with Harrison with him chasing everything that's hot and hollow?
Dashiell Hammett quotes: This damned burg's getting me. If I don't get away soon I'll be going blood-simple like the natives. This damned burg's getting me. If I don't get away soon I'll be going blood-simple like the natives.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: She seems to be having a pretty good time despite her worrying. That's Lily. She seems to be having a pretty good time despite her worrying. That's Lily.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: You might as well take your punishment and get it over with You might as well take your punishment and get it over with
Dashiell Hammett quotes: Be still while I get up or I'll make an opening in your head for brains to leak in. Be still while I get up or I'll make an opening in your head for brains to leak in.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: Who shot him? I asked.The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun. Who shot him? I asked.
The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: I don't know much about him; never heard him say more than nope or yup. I don't know much about him; never heard him say more than nope or yup.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: What do you do with all your money?""Me and the French hoard gold. What do you do with all your money?"
"Me and the French hoard gold.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: That's Mama, divorces a lunatic and marries a gigolo. That's Mama, divorces a lunatic and marries a gigolo.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: People always say things like, Oh, well, he was suffering so much that he was better off dying. But that's not true. You're always better off living. People always say things like, Oh, well, he was suffering so much that he was better off dying. But that's not true. You're always better off living.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: I have not killed anyone. They will not let me. I have not killed anyone. They will not let me.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: I certainly wish you would have invented a more reasonable story. I felt distinctly like an idiot repeating it. Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon) I certainly wish you would have invented a more reasonable story. I felt distinctly like an idiot repeating it. Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon)
Dashiell Hammett quotes: I said: "You don't want to pick a fight with me, Mimi."She looked at me as if she were going to say I love you, and asked: "Is that a I said: "You don't want to pick a fight with me, Mimi."
She looked at me as if she were going to say I love you, and asked: "Is that a threat?
Dashiell Hammett quotes: I know a man who once stole a Ferris-wheel I know a man who once stole a Ferris-wheel
Dashiell Hammett quotes: It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun. It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: You ought to have known I'd do it!" My voice sounded harsh and savage like a stranger's in my ears. "Didn't I steal a crutch from a cripple? You ought to have known I'd do it!" My voice sounded harsh and savage like a stranger's in my ears. "Didn't I steal a crutch from a cripple?
Dashiell Hammett quotes: The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter. The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: If a man says a thing often enough, he is very likely to acquire some sort of faith in it sooner or later. If a man says a thing often enough, he is very likely to acquire some sort of faith in it sooner or later.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: What disturbed him was the discovery that in sensibly ordering his affairs he had got out of step, and not into step, with Life. What disturbed him was the discovery that in sensibly ordering his affairs he had got out of step, and not into step, with Life.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: I don t mind a reasonable amount of trouble. I don t mind a reasonable amount of trouble.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: How about a drop of something to cut the phlegm?Why don't you stay sober today?We didn't come to New York to stay sober. How about a drop of something to cut the phlegm?
Why don't you stay sober today?
We didn't come to New York to stay sober.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: His wife was a tall, stringy woman, perhaps five years older than her husband - say, forty - with a mouth and chin that seemed shaped for gossiping. His wife was a tall, stringy woman, perhaps five years older than her husband - say, forty - with a mouth and chin that seemed shaped for gossiping.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: A bullet kissed a hole in the door-frame close to my noodle. A bullet kissed a hole in the door-frame close to my noodle.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: Nora: "How do you feel?" Nick: "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober. Nora: "How do you feel?"
Nick: "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: you'll have your city back, all nice and clean and ready to go to the dogs again you'll have your city back, all nice and clean and ready to go to the dogs again
Dashiell Hammett quotes: If you aren't normal, it's because you're tougher, saner, cooler than normal. If you aren't normal, it's because you're tougher, saner, cooler than normal.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: I distrust a man that says when. If he's got to be careful not to drink to much it's because he's not to be trusted when he does. I distrust a man that says when. If he's got to be careful not to drink to much it's because he's not to be trusted when he does.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: I like women. I really like women. I like women. I really like women.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: With what dope I got I think it fills me in pretty well. With what dope I got I think it fills me in pretty well.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: How do you feel?" "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober. How do you feel?" "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: The boy spoke two words, the first a short guttural verb, the second you. The boy spoke two words, the first a short guttural verb, the second you.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: To get what he wanted, a man had to give other people what they wanted. To get what he wanted, a man had to give other people what they wanted.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: I found I was repeating myself. It is the beginning of the end when you discover you have style. I found I was repeating myself. It is the beginning of the end when you discover you have style.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: It's probably polite to pretend you don't see people coming out of pawnshops, anyhow. It's probably polite to pretend you don't see people coming out of pawnshops, anyhow.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: Three times I have been mistaken for a prohibition agent, but never had any trouble clearing myself. Three times I have been mistaken for a prohibition agent, but never had any trouble clearing myself.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: I haven't any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things will work out in some manner. I haven't any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things will work out in some manner.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: He went like that," Spade said, "like a fist when you open your hand. He went like that," Spade said, "like a fist when you open your hand.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: And when you're slapped you'll take it and like it." - Detective Sam Spade And when you're slapped you'll take it and like it." - Detective Sam Spade
Dashiell Hammett quotes: You're not going to go around poking at the fire and straightening up the room again, are you? You're not going to go around poking at the fire and straightening up the room again, are you?
Dashiell Hammett quotes: The face she made at me was probably meant for a smile. Whatever it was, it beat me. I was afraid she'd do it again, so I surrendered The face she made at me was probably meant for a smile. Whatever it was, it beat me. I was afraid she'd do it again, so I surrendered
Dashiell Hammett quotes: Nora said: 'I love you, Nicky, because you smell nice and know such fascinating people. Nora said: 'I love you, Nicky, because you smell nice and know such fascinating people.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: A lot of fancier yarns come from people trying to tell the truth. It's not easy once you're out of the habit. A lot of fancier yarns come from people trying to tell the truth. It's not easy once you're out of the habit.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: Listen, darling, tomorrow I'll buy you a whole lot of detective stories, but don't worry your pretty little head over mysteries tonight. Listen, darling, tomorrow I'll buy you a whole lot of detective stories, but don't worry your pretty little head over mysteries tonight.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: The outcome of successful planning always looks like luck to saps. The outcome of successful planning always looks like luck to saps.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: My way of learning is to heave a wild and unpredictable monkey-wrench into the machinery. My way of learning is to heave a wild and unpredictable monkey-wrench into the machinery.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: I was two pavements from my destination when somebodey S-s-s-s-s'd at me.I probably didn't jump twenty feet. I was two pavements from my destination when somebodey S-s-s-s-s'd at me.
I probably didn't jump twenty feet.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: Nick: "Don't you think maybe a drink would help you to sleep?"Nora: "No, thanks."Nick: "Maybe it would if I took one. Nick: "Don't you think maybe a drink would help you to sleep?"
Nora: "No, thanks."
Nick: "Maybe it would if I took one.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: Feed the lettuce to the bunny and eat the bunny Feed the lettuce to the bunny and eat the bunny
Dashiell Hammett quotes: He's cute," I said. "Uh-huh," the grey man agreed, "and so's dynamite. He's cute," I said.
"Uh-huh," the grey man agreed, "and so's dynamite.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: Most things in San Francisco can be bought or taken. Most things in San Francisco can be bought or taken.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: But besides, I haven't the time, I'm too busy trying to see that you don't lose any of the money I married you for. But besides, I haven't the time, I'm too busy trying to see that you don't lose any of the money I married you for.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: The truth is you don't like the theater except the times when you're in a room by yourself putting the play on paper. The truth is you don't like the theater except the times when you're in a room by yourself putting the play on paper.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: He did not smile. I don't believe in anything, but I'm too much of a gambler not to be affected by a lot of things. He did not smile. I don't believe in anything, but I'm too much of a gambler not to be affected by a lot of things.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: Looks like she's been slapping the kid again. Looks like she's been slapping the kid again.
Dashiell Hammett quotes: I said: All right, talk, but do you mind putting the gun away? My wife doesn't care, but I'm pregnant and I don't want the child to be born with I said: All right, talk, but do you mind putting the gun away? My wife doesn't care, but I'm pregnant and I don't want the child to be born with ...

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